CELPIP to CLB Converter

How to convert CELPIP scores to CLB levels?

Our CELPIP to CLB calculator will help you convert your language test results from CELPIP scores to CLB level using the language test equivalency charts provided by IRCC.

For other tests:

• IELTS to CLB Converter

• TEF to CLB Converter

• TCF to CLB Converter

Note that for the immigration purpose, only CELPIP – General Training is accepted by IRCC as evidence of English-language proficiency. If you have the results for the other CELPIP tests, you should retake the General Training test.

The methodology

Here are the language test equivalency charts provided by IRCC that we used for the calculator:

Applicants applying for Permanent Residence to Canada and for Canadian Citizenship, are required to prove language skills by taking a language test approved by Canada immigration authority – Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

The Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB), or Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens (NCLC) in French, is the national standards of English and French for describing, measuring and recognizing second language proficiency of adult immigrants and prospective immigrants for living and working in Canada. IRCC will only process the immigration applications based on CLB. If you don’t have your language test in CLB, it must be from an agency approved by IRCC.

These are the approved language tests:

• English
  • CELPIP: Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program
    • you must take the CELPIP-General test
    • The General-LS test is not accepted for Express Entry
  • IELTS: International English Language Testing System
    • you must take the General Training option
    • The Academic option is not accepted for Express Entry
• French
  • TEF Canada: Test d’évaluation de français, including:
    • compréhension de l’écrit
    • compréhension de l’oral
    • expression écrite
    • expression orale
  • TCF Canada: Test de connaissance du français, including:
    • compréhension de l’écrit
    • compréhension de l’oral
    • expression écrite
    • expression orale

CELPIP is on the list of the approved language tests. So if you are applying for an immigration program within the Express Entry system such as Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Canadian Experience Class (CEC) or Federal Skilled Trades Program, and you have a CELPIP result, you can include it in the application

Using the CELPIP to CLB Converter, you can use the determined CLB level based on your CELPIP scores for your permanent residence application.